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1. 1911 Mennonite Men's Chorus - 1911

   1911 Mennonite Men's Chorus - In the back row: Baumgartner, George; Sprunger, Theodore; Baumgartner, Menas or Schroeder, Rev. P. R.; Ray, H. Preston; Sprunger, Ben; Lehman, Clinton A. or Lehman, J. F.; Neuenschwander, Menno; Stauffer, Chris. In the middle row: Lehman, Wilbert; Burkhalter, Amos; Burkhalter, Menno; Sprunger, Herbert F. or Lehman, Emmanuel; Baumgartner, Rose Lehman; Tyndal, Catherine Egly; Luginbill, Eli; Sprunger, William J. In ...

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2. Berne Fire Department

   Berne Fire Department - This is a photo of the Berne, IN fire department posing in front of the Berne Community Auditorium. This picture can be found printed on page 38 of the Souvenir Edition of the Berne Witness of 03 Sep 1926. You can see that the auditorium was constructed of red brick with multi-paned windows that had middle sections that could be tipped out to allow for air flow. The awning over the entrance had colored glass pendants ha...

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3. Berne Volunteer Fire Department - 1926

   Berne Volunteer Fire Department left to right: Andrew Sprunger, Louis Niederhauser, Theodore Sprunger, Walter Reusser, Wesley Neuenschwander, Chester Michaud, Chris Hilty, Grover Moser, Lawrence Yager, George Braun, John Hilty , Leonard Baumgartner, Frank Amstutz, Sam Nussbaum, David Stauffer, Elmer Baumgartner, Ferdinand Steiner, Eli Luginbill, Paul Felber, and Emil Liechty. Photo is taken from page 38 of the Thirtieth Anniversary Souvenir...

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4. Eli Baumgartner Carpenter Crew

   Eli Baumgartner had a construction crew. This is a copy of one like 2009.000.2 but the information on the two are different. This one has on the back "Eli Baumgartner carpener crew 1912 at Levi Meshburger brick veneer hous corner of 218-116 now owned by Meshbruger brother Stone Co 1971 LtoR Theo Sprunger, Eli Baumgartner, Peter B. Lehman (our Dad), Lchr O Liechty, Eli Habegger, Ira Baumgartner, Oswin Lehman and Albert Liechty. Crew getting rea...

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5. Eli Baumgartner Construction Crew - 1912

   Eli Baumgartner, on the far right, and his crew are with their motorcycles and bicycles. According to a photocopy of anther photo located in the same binder, the building is the Levi Meshberger building. The building was located "5 miles west of Berne on State Road 218 north of Meshberger Stone quarry", but Levi Meshberger actually owned land on the south side of 218 across from the stone quarry. The first motorcycle on the left has "Harley Da...

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6. First Mennonite Mens Chorus

   First Mennonite Mens Chorus Front row: Menno Burkhalter, Menno E. Stauffer, Eli Luginbill, Menas M. Baumgartner, Henry Reusser, Wilbur B. Nussbaum, Clifton Gilliom Middle row: Theodore F. Sprunger, Grover W. Sprunger, Omer Neuenschwander, Benhart Nussbaum, Amos Burkhalter, Carl T. Habegger. Back row: Wm. J. Sprunger, Ira Sprunger, Slyvan Habegger, Elmer W. Baumgartner, Daniel J. Sprunger, unknown.

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7. Men over 80

   Photo of the Annual Octogenarian Gathering of men 80 or older. Based on their ages and when they all died, the photo was taken between 1964 and 1966. Not all of the men are identified. Row 1: 1. unknown 2. Albert Augsburger (1881 - 1970) 3. William Townsend (1877 - 1966) 4. unknown 5. Jonas Sprunger (1882 - 1977) 6. Henry (not Amos) Reusser (1875 - 1966) 7. Oscar Sprunger (1890 - 1984)--I don't think this is the correct name as he wo...

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8. Men's Chorus

   The Mennonite Men's Chorus, a group of 33 men, gathered for a photograph at the front the First Mennonite Church sanctuary. They are all dressed in suits and ties. The director in the front center holding the baton is Freeman Burkhalter. The picture itself is in a thin, wood, black frame with a red felt mounting board on the back that looks to have been cut from something. There is wording across the top saying "Them that Love God" in white ...

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9. Octogenarian Gathering - 22 May 1961

   Octogenarian Gathering - This is a picture that was taken by Mel Liechty on 22 May 1961 at a gathering of men who had all reached their 80th birthday milestone. The men are all wearing suits and ties and are gathered in a building, possibly a church or restaurant, that has a very long coat rack. You can see the coat rack behind them, and to the far left, you can see some wire coat hangers and see that they have all put their hats on the shelf a...

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